The Outside Man (1972)
Un homme est mort (1972)
DVD5 Custom | VIDEO_TS | PAL 4:3 | 01:45:55 | 4,59 Gb
Audio: French, Russian (added) - AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps (each) | Subs: Spanish, English
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
DVD5 Custom | VIDEO_TS | PAL 4:3 | 01:45:55 | 4,59 Gb
Audio: French, Russian (added) - AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps (each) | Subs: Spanish, English
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Jean-Louis Trintignant plays a french contract assassin hired by a Los Angeles crime family, ostensibly to perform a hit on some other mafia target. But simultaneously, as he arrives to do his job, a slaying occurs inside the household of the mob boss supposed to employ him. Suspicion is deliberately cast against Trintignant from within that very family. From that moment on, Trintignant is on the run from the police, and the minions of two different mob families. What makes his escape hazardous is that the real murderer shares all the information known about him to aid in his capture and death.
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An enjoyable conflation of French gangster cool a la Melville and reinvented 1970s American noir, the little-known The Outside Man offers up a languid take on mafia hits and gun-toting car chases. There’s little that can ruffle the nonchalance of French hit man Lucien Bellon (Jean-Louis Trintignant), even as his mission to kill a prominent Los Angeles mobster goes to shit in the first few minutes of the film. Director Jacques Deray opts for an unfailingly deliberate pace and drops us right into the action without a bunch of background exposition.
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The Outside ManFor the most part, the storytelling strategy works, offering up a distinct contrast to the increasingly violent events of the film and effectively putting us in Bellon’s frame of mind. After what was supposed to be a quick in-and-out hit, Bellon finds his passport and personal items stolen from his hotel room, stranding him in the states. Soon, he’s being hunted by a menacing Roy Scheider, exploiting his underappreciated ability to be utterly cold-blooded.
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With no connections and nowhere to turn, Bellon is forced to invade the home of an uptight single mother (Georgia Engel) and her bratty kid (Jackie Earle Haley in his first big-screen role), and he eventually gets in contact with Nancy Robson (Ann-Margret), his boss’s former flame and maybe the only person who can help him out. Angie Dickinson is sort of shoehorned in as the mobster’s widow who may not be exactly what she appears.
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The film works better when it’s not getting caught up in the somewhat implausible backstory and keeps us involved in Bellon’s immediate predicament. Deray may not be Melville, but he’s still able to evoke a considerable amount of existential dread in the film’s bleak circumstances, and Trintignant’s performance confirms it with an underlying current of loneliness.
The Outside Man ends with an exciting shootout setpiece in a funeral home, but even when the bullets aren’t flying in its frequent contemplative moments, the film remains quite engaging.
The Outside Man (1972)
French hit man Lucien Bellon is sent to America (LA to be exact) to clean up a very disliked individual. Once his job is done with it seems people have taken the precautions to make sure that evidence of his visit is erased this includes his life. This is my first experience from Cultcine.com and I have to tell you this was a good selection. This movie is cool from the first frame to the last.
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The Leading role of Bellon is played by Legendary French Actor Jean-Louis Trintignant. If you have not seen any of his other work (The Great Silence, The Conformist) do yourself a favor and see them.This man can act not just with his words but with the way he carries himself, his facial expressions, all the elements of a fine actor, this is a clear example of that style he only speaks when it is necessary and does not waste time with snappy dialog, he manages to make the audience fear him to basically sympathizing due to the situation he is stuck in.
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The Deadly Cat chasing the Frenchman is American acting bad ass Roy Scheider (The Seven-Ups, Romeo Is Bleeding) in a brilliant pre-Seaquest role of Lenny. Although great in The French Connection this movie allows Mr.Scheider to prove that he can do much more damage working alone then with a partner. He does not screw around as soon as he sees Bellon he does not hesitate to open fire upon him. This man is the ultimate hurdle for the Frenchie to find out the truth behind the sudden termination of his employment.This films also stars the Lovely Angie Dickenson and The Smokin Hot Ann-Margret and also includes some cameos from people who will be known later as their careers go on including Talia "Adrian Balboa" Shire, Alex Rocco and Jackie Earle Haley (Bad News Bears, Watchmen, Shutter Island).
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Combined with a very minimal soundtrack but yet memorable theme song, You will want to put on a suit and pretend to be as cool as either Trintignant or Scheider once all this is through. They don't make 'em like this anymore something that does not need a hug explosion or ridiculously huge guns to put over the characters.
I recommend this movie to anyone who knows that you don't have to say much to get your point across. So make yourself a martini or black cup of coffee sit back and enjoy this great display of COOL.
The Outside Man (1972)
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